Sentence examples for satisfactory substitute for from inspiring English sources

It was not just a satisfactory substitute for hitting the road, she said, it was a significant improvement.

If further tests should prove that the placental cells are a satisfactory substitute for embryonic stem cells, the company's finding could influence the political debate.

billiards-equipment concern had offered a handsome cash prize for the invention of a cheap and satisfactory substitute for ivory billiard balls.

Even in a high-tech age when the human capacity to improve upon nature seems limitless, there is no satisfactory substitute for the honeybee.

Although the major's latest expansion into 24 teams and 4 6-team divisions was confusing at first, it is a satisfactory substitute for the departed smaller leagues.

Occasional building work is better than nothing, but not a satisfactory substitute for long-term jobs.Not all residents could, however, hope to find work on the estate.

Other respiratory tract specimens may be satisfactory substitutes for biopsies, but further studies examining the prevalence of SARS-CoV in these other specimen types and in a larger population are needed.

When such a system is not available, probabilistic linkage based on several fields (including accounting for possible misspellings) provides a satisfactory substitute [ 22, 23].

In the state's headlong drive to make its psychiatric wards obsolete, officials have publicly maintained for 30 years that the adult homes are a satisfactory substitute.

But even Jeremy Paxman thought that "idiot" was not a satisfactory substitute.

A satisfactory substitute in the Brahms -- one of the more challenging works in the repertory -- could not be found.